Research Interest:

• Climate and weather extremes
• Large-scale atmospheric dynamics
• South Asian summer monsoon
• Tropical convection

Educational Qualification: 

• Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka.
• M.Tech, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• B.E., Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra.

Research Publications: 

• Akshaya Nikumbh, A. B. S. Thakur, A. Chakraborty, G. S. Bhat, J. Sukhatme “The role of North Atlantic blocking high during large-scale heavy rainfall events over central India”, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, March 2023.
• Akshaya Nikumbh, A. Chakraborty, G. S. Bhat, D. M. W. Frierson “Multiscale interactions between monsoon intra-seasonal oscillations and low-pressure systems that produce heavy rainfall events of different spatial extents”, Journal of Climate, September 2021.
• Akshaya Nikumbh, A. Chakraborty, G. S. Bhat, D. M. W. Frierson “Large-Scale Extreme Rainfall- Producing Synoptic Systems of the Indian Summer Monsoon.” GRL, May 2020. 
• Akshaya Nikumbh, A. Chakraborty, G. S. Bhat, “Recent spatial aggregation tendency of rainfall extremes over India.” Scientific Reports, June 2019.
• Akshaya Nikumbh, B. PadmaKumari, Sneha Sunil, “Cloud Fraction Retrieval and its Variability during daytime from Ground-based Sky Imagery over a Tropical Station in India.” Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, May 2019.
• Alyssa N. Poletti ,Dargan M. W. Frierson,Travis Aerenson, Akshaya Nikumbh,Rachel Carroll,William Henshaw,Jack ScheffAtmosphere and ocean energy transport in extreme warming scenarios”, PLOS Climate, February 2024.

Personal website:  

https://akshayanikumbh.github.io/